Hi,
So, one of my pcs died and motherboard was making no beepings so I ordered a new motherboard which I got about 1 week later.
Then I removed the heatsink and it pulled out the AMD FX 8350 CPU with it.
I have tried everything as suggested on the internet to remove a fused cpu to heatsink. I have tried dental floss. I also soaked it in isopropyl alcohol for nearly 24 hours after trying shorter time. Still it would not budge.
So as a last resort i have tried some more drastic measures trying to twist it using flat blocks on either side, and that wasn't working so i tried to lever it up from one side using a flat ruler.
And well, it came off, but not in a good way. The silicon wafer with the pins is now separated from the metal CPU base, which is STILL fused to the heatsink.
Now I do wonder guys, is this CPU now totally destroyed? It looks like all that was holding the wafer to the cpu metal base was glue though, so I am not sure. Is it possible to glue it back together if i can somehow get the metal base removed?
Pictures attached:
http://imgur.com/a/vvBdO
Thanks
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So, one of my pcs died and motherboard was making no beepings so I ordered a new motherboard which I got about 1 week later.
Then I removed the heatsink and it pulled out the AMD FX 8350 CPU with it.
I have tried everything as suggested on the internet to remove a fused cpu to heatsink. I have tried dental floss. I also soaked it in isopropyl alcohol for nearly 24 hours after trying shorter time. Still it would not budge.
So as a last resort i have tried some more drastic measures trying to twist it using flat blocks on either side, and that wasn't working so i tried to lever it up from one side using a flat ruler.
And well, it came off, but not in a good way. The silicon wafer with the pins is now separated from the metal CPU base, which is STILL fused to the heatsink.
Now I do wonder guys, is this CPU now totally destroyed? It looks like all that was holding the wafer to the cpu metal base was glue though, so I am not sure. Is it possible to glue it back together if i can somehow get the metal base removed?
Pictures attached:
http://imgur.com/a/vvBdO
Thanks
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